Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi

Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi was the leader of the Islamic State in Western Sahara.

Biography
Lehbib Ould Ali Ould Said Ould Yumani was born in Laayoune, Western Sahara into a wealthy trading family, and he received military training while serving in the Polisario Front. He later became a commander for al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and co-founded MOJWA in 2011; he served on MOJWA's shura council. al-Sahrawi went on to become a senior al-Mourabitoun leader, and, on 13 May 2015, he declared his allegiance to Islamic State caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, splitting from al-Mourabitoun with several other fighters and founding the "Islamic State in the Greater Sahara". He was based primarily in Mali along the Mali-Niger border, and he led an insurgency against the local governments and their US allies.